Psilocybin Facilitator Training Program

How to use this course

Course Syllabus

Class 1: Homework Before Class

Class 1: Introduction (Jeanette)

Class 1: Zoom Link

Class 1: Homework Dropbox

Class 2: State of The Field And Awareness of Facilitator's Personal Bias (Matt)

Class 2: Zoom Link

Class 2: Slides

Class 2: Homework

Class 2 HW Reading - Psilocybin produces substantial and sustained decreases in depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer/ A randomized double-blind trial

Class 3: Current Research Classwork Dropbox

Class 3: Homework Dropbox

Class 4: Current and Historical Use of Plant and Fungal Medicines and Curanderismo (Matt)

Class 4: Zoom Link

Class 4: Homework

Class 4 HW Reading: Moving Toward Health Equity by Addressing Social Determinants of Health

Class 4 HW Reading: Addressing Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Through Healthy People 2030

Class 5: The Controlled Substance Act and Cultural Equity Classwork Dropbox

Class 5: Slides

Module 1 Quiz

Pre-Class 1: Assignment

Pre-Class 1 HW Reading: Colorado's Facilitator Code of Ethics

Class 1: General Ethical Considerations I

Class 1: Lecture

Lecture Supplement Booklet

Class 1: Lecture Response DropBox

Class 1: Homework Dropbox

Class 2: General Ethical Considerations II

Class 2: Lecture

Lecture Supplement Booklet

Class 2: Lecture Response Dropbox

Class 2: Homework

Class 2 HW Reading: False or Misleading Claims in Online Direct-to-Consumer Ketamine Advertising in Maryland.

Class 3: Ethical Advertising Practices

Class 3: Zoom Link (Jeanette)

Class 3: Homework Dropbox

Class 4: Accurate Record-Keeping Classwork Dropbox

Class 4: Homework Dropbox

Class 4 HW Reading - What is the clinical evidence on psilocybin for the treatment of psychiatric disorders? A systematic review

Class 4 HW Reading - Managing expectations with psychedelic microdosing

Class 5: Client Expectations & Facilitator Scope Of Practice

Class 5: Zoom Link

Class 5: Homework DropBox

Class 5 HW Reading: How to Set Boundaries with Clients in a Therapeutic Setting

Class 5 HW Reading: Therapy as a unique human interaction: Management of boundaries and sexual countertransference.

Class 5 HW Reading: The communication of emotion via touch.

Class 6: Boundaries In The Facilitation of Natural Medicines & Appropriate Use Of Touch And Touch Contract

Class 6: Zoom Link

Class 7: Module Review Quiz

Pre-Class 1: Homework Dropbox

Pre-Class 1 HW Reading: Moving Toward Health Equity by Addressing Social Determinants of Health

Pre-Class 1 HW Reading: Addressing Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Through Healthy People 2030

Class 1: The Controlled Substance Act and Cultural Equity

Class 1: Zoom Link

Class 1: Homework Dropbox

Class 1 HW Reading: How the war on drugs impacts social determinants of health beyond the criminal legal system

Class 2: Racial Justice and The Impact of Drug Policy on Individuals and Communities

Class 2: Zoom Link

Class 2: Homework Dropbox

Class 2 HW Reading: Social Stratification and Intersectionality

Class 3: Systemic Inequity, Intergenerational Trauma, and The Impact of Racial and Cultural Dynamics on Facilitator and Client Interactions

Class 3: Zoom Link

Pre-Class 1 HW Reading: The Promise of Therapeutic Psilocybin

Pre-Class 1 HW Reading: Therapeutic use of psilocybin

Class 1: Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of Psilocybin I

Class 1: Zoom Link

Class 1: Homework

Pre-Class 1: Assignment

Class 1 HW Reading: Psilocybin for alcohol use disorder

Class 1 HW Reading: Psilocybin for treatment resistant depression in patients taking a concomitant SSRI medication

Class 2: Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of Psilocybin II

Class 2: Zoom Link

Class 2: Presentation

Class 2: Homework

Class 2 HW Reading: Pharmacokinetics of Escalating Doses of Oral Psilocybin in Healthy Adults

Class 2 HW Reading: Towards an understanding of psychedelic-induced neuroplasticity

Optional Readings: Clinical Interpretations of Patient Experience in a Trial of Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for Alcohol Use Disorder

Optional Readings: Individual Experiences in Four Cancer Patients Following Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy

Optional Readings: Patient perspectives and experiences with psilocybin treatment for treatment‐resistant depression: a qualitative study

Pre Class 1: Homework Dropbox

Class 1: Screening I

Class 1: Zoom Link

Class 1: Homework Dropbox

Class 2: Evaluating Client's Ability to Participate in Psilocybin Administration Sessions

Class 2: Zoom Link

Class 2: Homework

Class 3: Identifying Benefits of Referrals & Facilitator’s Roles and Limits

Class 3: Homework Dropbox

Class 3 HW Reading: A suicide attempt following psilocybin ingestion in a patient with no prior psychiatric history

Class 3 HW Reading: On the Relationship between Classic Psychedelics and Suicidality- A Systematic Review.pdf

Class 3 HW Reading: Psilocybin, psychological distress, and suicidality

Class 4: Understanding Suicidality & Mental Health Safety Plan

Class 4: Classwork Dropbox

Class 4: Breathwork Meditation

Class 4: Homework Dropbox

Class 4 HW Reading: Intention Setting

Class 5: Client Expectations & Safety Concerns

Class 5: Zoom Link

Class 5: Homework

Class 5 HW Reading: Ancient Roots of Today's Emerging Renaissance in Psychedelic Medicine.

Class 6: Participant-Directed Safety Planning

Class 6: Classwork Dropbox

Class 3: Quiz

Pre-Class 1: Assignment

Class 1: Altered States of Consciousness

Class 1: Classwork Dropbox

Class 1: Homework Dropbox

Class 2: Response To Psychological Distress

Class 2: Zoom Link

Class 2: Homework Dropbox

Class 3: Training In Therapeutic Presence

Class 3: Zoom Link

Class 3: Homework Dropbox

Class 4: Non-Directive Facilitation

Class 4: Zoom Link

Class 4: Homework

Class 4 HW Reading: Caring for oneself to care for others: Physicians and their self-care

Class 4 HW Reading: Ethics, Self-Care and Well-Being for Psychologists

Class 4 HW Reading: Teaching Self-Care to Caregivers

Class 5: Managing Facilitator's Self-Care

Class 5: Classwork Dropbox

Class 5: Breathwork

Class 5: Homework Dropbox

Class 5 HW Reading: A Qualitative Exploration of Relational Ethical Challenges

Reading: Survey study of challenging experiences after ingesting psilocybin mushrooms

Class 6: Identification And Facilitation Of Subjective Psilocybin Experience

Class 6: Zoom Link

Class 6: Homework Dropbox

Class 6 HW Reading: Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of psilocybin in 9 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Class 7: Appropriate Modes of Intervention For Mental Health & Physical Health Concerns

Class 7: Zoom Link

Class 7: Homework Dropbox

Class 8: Adverse Medical and Behavioral Reactions & Navigating Challenging Situations

Class 8: Slides

Class 8: Zoom Link

Class 8: Homework Dropbox

Class 9: Scenario Role-Play Navigating Challenging and Unusual Situations

Class 9: Zoom Link

Class 9: Homework

Reading: Therapeutic effect of psilocybin in addiction: A systematic review

Reading: Psychedelic Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction: The Past, Present and Future

Class 10: Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Recovery

Class 10: Classwork Dropbox

Class 10: Homework

Reading: The neuroscience of dissociation: Clinical application in trauma disorders.

Class 11: Identifying and Best Practice for Dissociation and Trauma Response

Class 11: Classwork Dropbox

Class 11: Slides

Class 11: Homework Dropbox

Class 12: Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous System Response

Class 12: Zoom Link

Class 12: Homework Dropbox

Class 13: Facilitator Response to Traumatic Stress

Class 13: Zoom Link

Class 13: Homework Dropbox

Class 14: Scenario Role Play Traumatic Stress Response

Class 14: Zoom Link

Class 15: Module Quiz

Part 1 Midterm Assignment

Pre Class 1: Homework Dropbox

Class 1: Dosing Strategies and Considerations I

Class 1: Zoom Link

Reading: Attenuation of psilocybin mushroom effects during and after SSRI-SNRI antidepressant use.

Reading: Psilocybin for treatment resistant depression in patients taking a concomitant SSRI medication.

Class 2: Dosing Strategies and Considerations II

Class 2: Zoom Link

Class 2: Homework Dropbox

Class 3: Best Practices for Psilocybin Facilitators and Working With Challenging Behaviors

Class 3: Zoom Link

Class 3: Homework

Reading: Are psychedelic medicines the reset for chronic pain? Preliminary findings and research needs

Reading: Intravenous psilocybin attenuates mechanical hypersensitivity in a rat model of chronic pain

Class 4: Natural Medicines for Chronic Pain

Class 4: Classwork Dropbox

Class 4: Homework Dropbox

Class 5: Treating Patients With Terminal Illness and Module Quiz

Class 5: Zoom Link